Submitted by Rajah on January 22, 2004 at 11:19 AM

Source: GameInformer magazine, Issue #130, February 2004, pages 76 & 77

- Thanks to Mike & Nikki for sending this in:

In the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, both Randy 'Macho Man' Savage and the Ultimate Warrior were interviewed. They were promoting Legends of Wrestling: Showdown, the latest Legends of Wrestling video-game.

Macho Man interview:

GameInformer: How does it feel to be considered a "Legend of Wrestling"?

Macho Man: It's really incredible to have that word synonymous with my name To be called a legend is probably the best thing you can be called, you know? To be considered a legend of wrestling, especially as a second-generation wrestler, that's the ultimate moniker for myself.

GI: Have you played the new game?

MM: No I haven't. But I'm pretty familiar with the fact that somebody like myself could sit down and use the Ready to Brawl controls and get the moves of the wrestlers with just one to three buttons and the finishing moves with another button. It makes it easy and user-friendly. When I was working with the development people, when they were doing my character, they knew more about me than I did. They had my style down, which made me feel good about it. It meant that they really did their homework.

GI: Who are you looking forward to wrestling in the game?

MM: I think the real cool thing is that you can match the different eras up like Bruno Sammartino. I don't need to have a match with Andre the Giant, because he used to whoop me. I know I'm gonna bet my butt kicked anyway, even in a video game.

GI: Do you have any crazy wrestling stories that you'd like to share?

MM: The craziest story I could ever tell is the one when I wrestled Jake the Snake' Roberts, and I was tied up in the ropes. He took his king cobra and put it on my arm, and it bit me. They tried to get the snake off my arm and they couldn't get it off. What happened was that four days later, my arm blew up like a balloon. I went to the hospital and told them what happened. They game me antibiotics and everything like that. But the windup of the story is that 12 days later the snake died. The talk in the dressing room was, "Wow, maybe the snake was devenomized, or maybe Macho Man wasn't."

GI: Here are some random matches for you: You, the Macho Man, versus Encino Man.

MM: I'd definately have to vote for myself.

GI: Even though he's a caveman?

MM: Even though he's a caveman. Hey, two out of three falls. I'll give him the respect of winning one.

GI: Hulk Hogan versus Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes?

MM: Colonel Klink, in a real match - because Hogan is a coward of a different kind.

GI: How about Triple H, a.k.a. The Game, versus the staff of Game Informer?

MM: Triple H would win, the best three out of five falls.

GI: You think we'd get him a couple of times?

MM: Yeah.

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Ultimate Warrior interview:

GameInformer: What's the Warrior been up to lately?

Ultimate Warrior: Largely what I do is I go out and I speak at schools - colleges, elementary schools. I motivate young kids about reading. I talk about politics and government on college campuses. I try to motivate people to reach their potential. And, I've been working on a book. My book will be about the deeper stuff that comes with the experiences I've had.

GI: Who are you looking forward to wrestling in the game?

UW: First and foremost is Bret Hart. He's made some derogatory comments about the legitimacy of my career. He's the one that I would like to have a confrontation with at first. And Sting, because we came up together. I think Ultimate Warrior would very easily kick his ass in the game. And of course, there are guys in the game I want to wrestle because it was always great, like Randy Savage. If there was anybody in the WWF that rose to a similar level of intensity as the Ultimate Warrior, it was Randy. The guy was incredible. I'm interested to see how I will match up against him and some of those other guys.

GI: Who would win in a fight between Junkyard Dog and Snoop Dogg?

UW: Junkyard Dog didn't have a whole army of bodyguards following him around, so you have to take that into account.

GI: Ultimate Warrior versus Ultimate Electronics?

UW: Like the store [itself]? That'd be more that a battle royale, wouldn't it? It would be one hell of a handicap match. Now, if you're talking about the employees of Ultimate Electronics, then I think I could hold my ground there, because you know who those guys are. Weaselly, slimy little salespeople who don't give you any breathing space. I think I could handle them.

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WWE SmackDown! Gets A Two-Year Pickup By UPN

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004--World Wrestling Entertainment(TM) said today that it is excited with UPN's decision to exercise its option to renew WWEŽ SmackDown!(TM) for two more years, keeping the program on UPN at least through September 2006.
Dawn Ostroff, President, Entertainment, UPN, made the announcement during the Television Critics Association press tour this past Sunday.

"UPN's renewal of WWE SmackDown! for two more years is great news for us and all WWE fans," said Linda McMahon, CEO of WWE. "We are delighted to continue to be part of the UPN family."

Since its debut on UPN on August 26, 1999, WWE SmackDown! consistently has been the network's most successful program and a magnet for male teens on Thursday nights. WWE SmackDown! continues to be UPN's highest rated show among total viewers and across virtually all key adult and male demographics. With an original SmackDown! 52 weeks a year, UPN has consistently ranked as the number one network on Thursday among male teens, and a solid third among persons 12-34 and young men, behind only CBS and NBC.

Credit: Yahoo! Business News

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- Reader GSW sent this in. Thanks also to readers Kylie K and Akuma976:

Hey guys. My wife is constantly watching the TLC
Chanel for shows like Trading Spaces, While you were
out, and For Better or for Worse (A wedding show in
which the bride and groom have 5 freinds or family
members plan their wedding in less than a week).

So a preview was airing while I was talking to my
wife and I thought I recognized a wrestler. So I sat
there and waited for it to come on. So they start
introducing the 5 team members and they get to the
sole guy on the team.

They introduced him as Sal. I was like "Damn, this
dude looks just like..." and they announced that he
made his living as a pro wrestler. So I was like, "I
knew it was Chavito!! Where's your Uncle Eddie!!?"

Chavo has only a slight Latino accent. And a
pretty Hot wife (she was the bride's sister). Chavo
was there for day one but was on the road for day 2
thru 4. He also made the wedding cake. Yep, ol'
Chavo's a regular Betty Crocker. Chavo said, "That's
right, I can cook you a meal and make you like it."

But he apparently will need a calculator to do his
taxes this year cause he sure can't do math in his
head. It was also revealed that Chavo and his wife
had an outdoor wedding and that just as they finished
their vows, it began to rain.

On the day of the wedding Chavo showed up to hours
late (to start setting everything up for the wedding
on the Queen Mary). And no one had picked up the
groom's tux, but Chavo had it taken care of. Chavo
also looked pretty funny while wearing his Blue and
Pink cooking apron. Not knocking Pink, afterall, I'm
a Hitman fan.